US4464860A - Launching apparatus for resilient drive mobile toy - Google Patents

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US4464860A
US4464860A US06/414,399 US41439982A US4464860A US 4464860 A US4464860 A US 4464860A US 41439982 A US41439982 A US 41439982A US 4464860 A US4464860 A US 4464860A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
    • A63H17/008—Launching devices for motorless toy vehicles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H29/00—Drive mechanisms for toys in general
    • A63H29/24—Details or accessories for drive mechanisms, e.g. means for winding-up or starting toy engines

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  • the present invention relates to a launching apparatus for resilient drive mobile toys such as windup toy motorcycle, windup toy motorcar and the like.
  • a launching apparatus for a resilient drive mobile toy having a driven wheel comprising: a receptacle for accommodating the mobile toy, the receptacle including an opening for passing the mobile toy and a floor having a slot formed therethrough for partly projecting the driven wheel outwards; means, provided to said receptacle, for releasably holding the mobile toy so that the driven wheel engages the slot for stopping the rotation thereof by friction; and means, provided to the receptacle, for pushing the mobile toy toward the opening so that the driven wheel is disengaged from the slot when the holding is released.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view partly cut away of one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical section of the launching apparatus in FIG. 1 in which a toy motorcycle is set.
  • a reference numeral 1 designates a receptacle for accommodating a windup toy motorbicycle 3 of which a rear wheel 5 is driven in a conventional manner by a restoring force of a spiral spring (not shown) incorporated in the toy motorcycle 3.
  • the receptacle 1 includes a base 7 having a circular floor plate 9, and a cap 11 of substantially semi-spherical shape with its edge jointed to the base 7. Furthermore, the receptacle 1 is provided at its front portion with an opening 13 and a visor 15 hinged to the cap 11 so as to close and open the opening 13, and thus is generally of a shape of helmet.
  • a holding frame 16 of a channel member for keeping the toy motorcycle 3 from falling sidewards as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the holding frame 16 is disposed to form towards the opening 13 a starting way 17 along which the toy motorcycle 3 is launched.
  • the floor plate 9 is provided adjacent to the rearside of the holding frame 16 with a slot 19 for partly projecting the rear wheel 5 of the toy motorbicycle 3 outwards, and adjacent to the slot 19 with a pair of parallel supporting plates 21 and 21 vertically erected.
  • a beam 23 which rotatably supports a substantially bell-crank-shaped main lever 25 by passing through a curved slot 27 formed in a supported portion 29 of that lever 25.
  • One arm 35 of the main lever 25 is of a L shape, the distal end of which loosely passes through a slot 37 formed through a sliding plate 39 which is integrally formed with a stopper 41.
  • the slide plate 39 which is partly shown in FIG.
  • the slide plate 39 is connected through a coil spring 47 to the push lever 33, which is thereby urged toward that slide plate.
  • the supported portion 29 of the main lever 25 is connected through another coil spring 49 to the holding frame 16, and thereby the main lever 25 is urged to be held in a position shown in FIG. 2.
  • the other arm 51 of the main lever 25 passes through a slot 53 formed vertically through the top portion of the cap 11.
  • the visor 15 is moved upwards to a raised position shown in FIG. 1 by the phantom line, and then the top motorcycle 3 is brought into the receptacle 1.
  • the backward movement of the toy motorcycle 3 rotates the push lever 33 backwards against the spring 47 and raises the stopper 41 upwards by its rear end portion 6.
  • the stopper 41 falls into and engages a groove 49 formed in the rear end portion 6 of the motorcycle 3
  • part of the rear wheel 5 falls into the slot 19 formed through the floor plate 9 and projects outwards thereof as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the toy motorcycle 3 is kept from falling sidewards by bringing either one of projecting ends of a handle 4 into contact with the inner face of the holding frame 16. After the toy motorcycle 3 is placed in a set position shown in FIG.
  • the visor 15 is rotated downwards so as to close the opening 13 of the receptacle 1, which is then moves backward on a floor F with slight depression by hand while the rear wheel 5 which projects outwards of the slot 19 is placed in contact with that floor F.
  • the rear wheel 5 is slightly moved upwards relative to the receptacle 1 by pressing down the latter, so that the rear wheel 5 comes out of contact with the slot 19.
  • this backward movement of the rceptacle 1 causes the rear wheel 5 to rotate by friction with the floor F in a reverse direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 2, which winds up the spiral spring through a gear transmission (not shown) incorporated in the toy motorcycle 3.

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US6106361A (en) * 1998-10-15 2000-08-22 Creata International Ltd. Remotely controlled toy vehicle
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US9345976B2 (en) 2011-08-29 2016-05-24 Mattel, Inc. Toy figurine with removable features
US8998673B2 (en) 2012-03-16 2015-04-07 Mattel, Inc. Toy with projectile launcher
US20130263836A1 (en) * 2012-04-10 2013-10-10 Jakks Pacific, Inc. Figurine launcher
US8974264B2 (en) * 2012-04-10 2015-03-10 Jakks Pacific, Inc. Figurine launcher
US20140099859A1 (en) * 2012-10-05 2014-04-10 Aaron William Weil Toy
US10814240B2 (en) * 2016-09-28 2020-10-27 Alpha Group Co., Ltd. Child-mother toy
US10369486B2 (en) * 2017-11-15 2019-08-06 Mattel, Inc. Toy vehicle launcher
USD937938S1 (en) 2020-02-21 2021-12-07 Spin Master Ltd. Toy vehicle
US11260313B2 (en) * 2020-02-21 2022-03-01 Spin Master Ltd. Toy assembly with inner object in housing that performs function
USD980789S1 (en) 2020-02-21 2023-03-14 Spin Master Ltd. Wheel for a toy vehicle
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